Connector equipped with carrier frame and rail frame for CPU
AssigneesFoxconn (Kunshan) Computer Connector Co., Ltd., Foxconn Interconnect Technology Limited
InventorPo-Yuan Su
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Abstract
An electrical connector includes a stiffener, a rail frame pivotally mounted to one end of the stiffener, a carrier frame assembled to the rail frame in a sliding manner, and a load plate pivotally mounted to the end of the stiffener outside of the rail frame. The carrier frame includes latches to retain the CPU thereon. The rail frame includes a pair of opposite sliding channels extending in the front-to-back direction, along which the carrier frame is moveable. A front transverse bar is located in front of the sliding channels and above the sliding channels in the vertical direction.
Claims19
An electrical connector assembly comprising:
- a printed circuit board (PCB);
- a metallic stiffener secured upon the PCB;
- a connector unit mounted upon the PCB and surrounded by the stiffener;
- a load plate pivotally mounted on a first end of the stiffener;
- a rail frame pivotally mounted upon a second end of the stiffener and defining a pair of sliding channels;
- a carrier frame defining two lateral sides adapted to be sliding along the sliding channels for assembling or disassembling with regard to the rail frame, an opening with a latch aside adapted for retaining and receiving a Central Processing Unit (CPU) therein;
- and
- the rail frame being made of a metal piece integrally formed within an insulator via an insert-molding process, said metal piece including a pair of side rods with a pair of opposite guiding sections around a front end of the rail frame, and a transversely extending front rod connected between the pair of side rods at the front end of the rail frame;
- wherein
- said front rod is located at a level higher than the guiding sections in a vertical direction.
An electrical connector assembly comprising:
- a printed circuit board (PCB);
- a metallic stiffener secured upon the PCB;
- a connector unit mounted upon the PCB and surrounded by the stiffener;
- a load plate pivotally mounted on a first end of the stiffener;
- a rail frame pivotally mounted upon a second end of the stiffener and defining a pair of sliding channels;
- a carrier frame defining two lateral sides adapted to be sliding along the sliding channels for assembling or disassembling with regard to the rail frame, an opening with a latch aside adapted for retaining and receiving a Central Processing Unit (CPU) therein;
- and
- said rail frame including opposite front and rear bars with a pair of side bars linked therebetween, each side bar including a guiding section at a front end with a flared structure thereof for enlarging a corresponding insertion entrance thereabouts;
- wherein
- the front bar is located at a level higher than the guiding sections in a vertical direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.